{{short description|American baseball player (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Greg Briley |image=1987 Best Chattanooga Lookouts - Greg Briley.jpg |position=Outfielder |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|5|24}} |birth_place=Bethel, North Carolina, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 27 |debutyear=1988 |debutteam=Seattle Mariners |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 24 |finalyear=1993 |finalteam=Florida Marlins |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.253 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=29 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=135 |teams= *Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1988}}–{{mlby|1992}}) *Florida Marlins ({{mlby|1993}}) }}
'''Gregory Briley''' (born May 24, 1965), nicknamed "'''Pee Wee'''", is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Seattle Mariners and Florida Marlins from 1988 to 1993. He was also a minor league hitting coach.
Briley attended North Pitt High School in Pitt County, North Carolina,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/seattle-mariners-1991-media-guide-c/page/22/ |title=Seattle Mariners 1991 Media Guide |date=1991 |pages=22-24}}</ref> then played college baseball at Louisburg College then the North Carolina State Wolfpack for one season iin 1986.<ref name="ncsu">{{cite web|title=North Carolina State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/north_carolina_state_university_baseball_players.shtml |work=Baseball Almanac |accessdate=2 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524062312/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/north_carolina_state_university_baseball_players.shtml |archivedate=24 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Greg Briley Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brilegr01.shtml |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1985, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Cape League Wrapup | pages = 9 | newspaper = Barnstable Patriot | location = Barnstable, MA | date = July 11, 1985 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=BAR%2F1985%2F07%2F11&id=Ar00902&sk=6C31D98C&viewMode=image }}</ref>
The Mariners drafted Briley in the June secondary phase of the 1986 MLB draft.<ref name=":1" /> He was the Chattanooga Lookouts team most valuable player in 1987 and reached the majors in 1988. He ranked second among American League rookies in 1989 with a .266 batting average and was third in home runs and runs batted in {RBI). He homered in four consecutive games from June 17–20.<ref name=":0" /> However, he never matched his rookie marks in home runs, RBI, or at bats in his career.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Indians sign Greg Briley to minor league contract - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/02/17/Indians-sign-Greg-Briley-to-minor-league-contract/1046761461200/ |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> He was the Mariners' opening day left fielder in 1990 but hit .246.<ref name=":0" /> He had a career-high 23 stolen bases in 1991 though he was caught stealing 11 times. Seattle released him after the 1992 season, and he signed with the expansion Florida Marlins, playing one season in the National League.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Briley played in the minors through 1995 and also played in the Mexican League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greg Briley Minor, Mexican & Independent Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=briley001gre |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
Briley was a minor league hitting coach from 2000 to 2015, beginning in the Pittsburgh Pirates system before moving to the Chicago White Sox organization in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greg Briley - MLB, Minor League, Independent, College Baseball Statistics |url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player.asp?ID=9216&view=jobs |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=The Baseball Cube}}</ref> That year, he was the hitting coach for the Kannapolis Intimidators and later coached the Great Falls Voyagers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-491355 |title=Former Crawdads Managers Assigned to 2009 Posts |access-date=2009-01-22 |author=Mark Parker |authorlink=Hickory Crawdads |date=2009-01-06 |work=MiLB.com |archive-date=2019-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210234336/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090106&content_id=491355&vkey=news_t448&fext=.jsp&sid=t448 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=b/brilegr01|brm=briley001gre}} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbrilg001.htm Retrosheet]
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